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Value Beyond Cost Savings: How to Underwrite Sustainable PropertyBy Scott Muldavin, Building Finance Consortium How to value and underwrite sustainable properties Green Building Finance Consortium
Perspectives on Sustainabilityby CoreNet Global and Jones Lang LaSalle Corporate real estate (CRE) executives are more willing to
Green Teams: Engaging Employees in SustainabilityBy Deborah Fleischer Green Teams and how they can effectively green a company's operations
Six Continents, One MissionWorld GBC Case Study Report How green building is shaping the global shift to a low carbon economy
The Green Building Market and Impact Report 2009Rob Watson This second annual report, explores the impacts that LEED-certified buildings have already had on energy, water, waste and employee productivity -- and projects those impacts for the next 20 years. The Green Building Market and Impact Report 2009
How does the mind grasp climate change?Published by the Center for Research on Environmental Decisions A research-based guide tries to narrow a communication gap...
Green Building Market & Impact Report 2009Published by GreenerBuildings.com This second annual report, researched and written by Rob Watson, the "Founding Father of LEED," explores the impacts that LEED-certified buildings have already had on energy, water, waste and employee productivity............
Existing Buildings Survival StrategiesBy ARUP for the Green Building Council of South Africa A South African guide for re-energising tired assets and reducing operating costs of existing buildings - including a six step plan for building owners and a list of 200 initiatives to help you get started. This practical, easy-to-use guide covers many simple changes across categories including water, energy, management and waste...
Building Green Thinking in South AfricaDr Gareth Nisbet, Department of Construction Economics,
WGBC Council Development Regional Summaries Report.July 09
City of Joburg's Design Guidelines for Energy Efficient BuildingsFinal version of the City of Joburg's Design Guidelines for Energy Efficient Buildings in Johannesburg.
Greening the Building and the Bottom Line: Increasing Productivity Through Energy-Efficient DesignJOSEPH J. ROMM, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY and Energy-efficient building and office design offers the
The Dollars and Sense of Green Buildings 2008Building the business Given the success of the 2006 Report,
The law and the environment...what every company should knowAuthor: Cormac Cullinan Today, most of us know about climate change, which is driving broader awareness about the environmental challenges global society faces. Yet, many company directors and managers do not appreciate that the regulatory environment within which they operate is also changing ..................
Boosting the 'Green House' Effect- CDM Reform Key to Climate-Friendly Building and Construction SectorNZGBC Cost Effective Carbon Savings Possible from Built Environment Says UNEP SBCI-Backed Report........
The Green Building Impact Report 2008Rob Watson GreenerBuildings.com, The Green Building Impact Report (GBIR) is the first integrated assessment of the land, water, energy, material and indoor environmental impacts of the LEED for New Construction (LEED NC), Core & Shell (LEED CS) and Existing Building (LEED EB) standards.In this report we attempt to answer whether green buildings live up to their name. The Green Building Impact Report
Demand-Side Response and the Electricity Network fact sheetCSIRO Energy Technology Clean, green local energy solutions to reduce greenhouse emissions and speed the transition to a hydrogen economy.
Urban Stormwater: Best-Practice Environmental Management GuidelinesVictoria Stormwater Committee These Guidelines have been produced to assist urban catchment managers protect stormwater quality Urban Stormwater: Best-Practice Environmental Management Guidelines
World GBC Quarterly Regional Summary reportWorldGBC As part of the new strategic plan for Council Development, WorldGBC will be releasing quarterly Regional Summary Reports. These will encompass updates on Council Development initiatives and progress around the world. For the April Issue (the 3rd issue from this line of Reports)
Energy Efficiency in Buildings Facts & TrendsWBCSD- sept 08 14 companies headquartered in 9 countries have studied and synthesized an exceptional data set reflecting more than 100 billion square meters of building floor space and two-thirds of world energy demand. The result is a significantly more detailed view of the current state of energy demand in the building sector than has previously been compiled.
Top 8 Ways to Go Green on the CheapGreenBiz.com Whether you work in a five-person office or 5,000-person factory, there are dozens of initiatives you can implement to reduce waste, use less energy, improve efficiency and get your employees involved in shrinking your company's environmental impacts.
McKinsey Report: Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions - How Much at What Cost?This fascinating study details the costs per ton of reducing carbon emmissions and concludes that almost 40% of abatement could be achieved at negative marginal costs. The United States could reduce GHG emissions in 2030 by 3.0 to 4.5 gigatons of CO2e using tested approaches and high-potential emerging technologies. These reductions would involve pursuing a wide array of abatement options with marginal costs less than $50 per ton, with the average net cost to the economy being far lower if the nation can capture sizable gains from energy efficiency. Achieving these reductions at the lowest cost to the economy, however, will require strong, coordinated, economy-wide action that begins in the near future.
Doing Well by Doing Good? Green Office BuildingsReport on the economic value of green building certification This paper provides the first credible evidence on the economic value of the certification of “green buildings” -- value derived from impersonal market transactions rather than engineering estimates. We match publicly available information on the addresses of Energy Star and LEED-rated office buildings to the characteristics of these buildings, their rental rates and selling prices. For some 10,000 subject and control buildings, we relate contract rents, effective rents and selling prices to a set of objective hedonic characteristics of buildings, holding constant the locational characters of properties...
Reducing Energy Costs: Easy WinsReport on business recognising the value of energy efficiency Current economic conditions have meant that on the
The Kyoto Protocol, the Clean Development Mechanism, and the Building and Construction SectorReport by UNEP SBCI (The United Nations Environment Programme - Sustainable Buildings & Construction Initiative) Poznan/Nairobi/Madrid/Paris, 6 December 2008 – The huge potential of the building and construction sector for combating climate change remains virtually untapped, a new report by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Sustainable Buildings and Construction Initiative (SBCI) has found. SBCI , a partnership between UN and leading companies and organizations in the construction sector, presents the report as the results of almost two years of research and collaboration with leading experts around the world.
The Second Plank~ Building a Low Carbon Economy with Energy Efficient BuildingsSource: Australian Sustainable Built Environment Council (ASBEC). ASBEC has commissioned independent research into the relationships between buildings and climate change. It recently prepared a report into opportunities for achieving a low carbon economy by improving the energy efficiency of buildings.
The Dollars and Sense of Green Building RetrofitsSource: Deloitte A growing number of companies are implementing green retrofits of their buildings to save money, improve productivity,
G8 Climate Scorecards 2008World Wildlife Fund In advance of the G8 summit July 7-9 in Japan, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) released its 2008 report on the G8 countries' progress in addressing climate change......
Why and how buildings should be included in Emissions Trading SchemesSource- Lend Lease Corporation, Lincolne Scott and This Paper describes in detail a mechanism and a methodology for including the building sector in an Emissions Trading Scheme: through an integrated Emissions and Efficiency Trading Scheme (EETS).
The Green Premium Myth~ A case study of the financial implication of green design on shareholder valueAuthor- Sherman Indhul , Director Property development and investment has in the past always been analysed in terms of the capital expenditure required for the development of the asset. Viability of a project is generally based on the replacement value of the development. The operating costs are generally ignored when analysing the viability of projects. This results in projects being designed to minimise capital expenditure to the detriment of the Whole Life Cycle Cost (WLCC) of the project......
Stern review report on the economics of climate changeExecutive summary The scientific evidence is now overwhelming: climate change presents very serious
What does green really cost?Author - Peter Morris The most common reason cited in studies for not incorporating green elements into building designs is the increase in first cost. People who are green averse are happy to relate anecdotes of premiums in excess of 30% to make their buildings green...
Report on carbon reductions in new non-domestic buildingsAuthor-UK Green Building Council The Climate Change Bill of 2007 sets challenging targets for carbon reductions across the UK. Clearly, buildings would need to deliver significant reductions as part of this overall target. The publication of the Code for Sustainable Homes set out targets to achieve radical emissions reductions from new homes. This project was commissioned and run by the UK GBC to add to the understanding of whether similar targets in the non-domestic sector can be set and achieved and on what timescale...
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